Abt SRBI is a full-service global strategy and research organization specializing in public policy and opinion surveys, banking and finance, telecommunications, media, energy, transportation, insurance and health care. Clients include major financial institutions, Fortune 500 companies, federal, state and local governments, foundations and universities. Abt SRBI has an established track record of providing high quality, timely and cost effective research and analysis. In addition to its headquarters in New York City, Abt SRBI has offices in Washington D.C., Florida, New Jersey, Tennessee, West Virginia and North Carolina.

The firm was founded in 1981 with the explicit purpose of combining high quality analytic capabilities with in-house control of research implementation to ensure high quality, timely and actionable research for strategy and decision-making in rapidly changing environments.

Abt SRBI is a member of the National Council on Published Polls (NCCP) and the Council of American Survey Research Organizations (CASRO). We strictly abide by the codes of standards and disclosure of these organizations.

One of the largest, non-partisan, government and business research and consulting firms in the world, Abt Associates applies scientific research and technical assistance expertise to a wide range of social, economic, and health, and policy issues, international development, clinical trials and registries, and complex business problems. Since its founding in 1965, the company has provided services to U.S. federal, state and local governments; foreign governments; international organizations; foundations; and business and industry. The company's staff of over 1,000 is located in offices in Cambridge, Lexington, and Hadley, Massachusetts; and offices in Bethesda, Maryland; Chicago, Illinois; Durham, North Carolina; and over 35 project offices around the world. The company applies its expertise in economics, statistics, biostatistics, medicine, data collection and measurement to a wide variety of problems in the public and private sectors. In the United States, Abt Associates has helped shape many important and complex public programs, including Medicaid, welfare reform, Head Start, crime reporting, and housing experiments. The company is also a recognized leader in providing technical assistance to facilitate policy reforms in countries moving to market oriented economies. It has extensive experience in advising countries on economic growth and development. Working with the U.S. Agency for International Development, its experts in agriculture, health, the environment, and trade have helped governments improve service delivery and implement sustainable market-based reforms.

Examples of Abt Associates' work include research, evaluation and technical assistance related to improving the effectiveness of government programs, the efficacy of new pharmaceuticals, the cost-effectiveness of environmental regulations, the usefulness of new education strategies, the efficiency of healthcare systems, the incidence and prevalence of diseases, and the effectiveness of customer satisfaction and market positioning strategies.